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Doctors reject Medicare as millions of baby boomers enter the system

Business, Economics and Jobs

According to an American Medical Association survey, 17 percent of 9,000 doctors restrict the number of Medicare patients in their practice. Dr. Herbert Pardes, president and CEO of New York Presbyterian Hospital, joins us.

The politics of Medicare

Health & Medicine

Is Obesity a Disease?

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Obama Gets a Prescription for American Healthcare

Global Politics
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Healthcare Reform: Obama Meets with Doctors

Business, Economics and Jobs
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A long time coming: American Medical Association apologizes to black doctors

Conflict & Justice

The American Medical Association has issued an apology to black doctors for a history of racial discrimination. But is it a case of too little too late? The Takeaway talks with Dr. George C. Debnam, who experienced the AMA’s racial prejudice firsthand as a young doctor in North Carolina in the 1950’s.

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